BEIJING, September 16 (Reporter Li Jie) - To strengthen the development of a highly skilled workforce and expand career development paths for skilled personnel, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security recently issued a notice to launch a pilot program for the evaluation and appointment of special technicians.
The notice clearly states that the scope of the pilot enterprises is those enterprises that have been filed by provincial or higher-level human resources and social security departments to conduct occupational skill level assessment, and the branches and subsidiaries of central enterprises that have been filed are determined by the central enterprises as a whole. Enterprises will select engineering and technical occupations that are connected with the professional and technical personnel of the enterprise to achieve career development to carry out the pilot.
The notice states that special technicians are senior technical posts set up among highly skilled personnel. They should be outstanding highly skilled personnel who are engaged in technical and skilled work on the front line of production and scientific research in enterprises and have the corresponding qualifications. The notice also puts forward clear criteria for these posts, especially giving priority to winners of the China Skills Award, recipients of special government allowances from the State Council, national technical experts and leaders of national-level skill master studios, or those who have obtained provincial, ministerial, central enterprise or above skill master titles when participating in the evaluation of special technicians.
"The establishment of special technicians among highly skilled personnel will further unlock the career development channels of skilled personnel, improve the social status and remuneration of skilled personnel, and lay a foundation for perfecting the vocational skill grade system of skilled personnel in China," the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said.